LASERS IN DENTISTRY

Lasers in Pediatric Dentistry

Corresponding author: Dr. Hector R. Martinez Menchaca DDS, MSc, 501 South Preston Street. Louisville, KY. 40202, USA, Tel: (502) 852-5312; e-mail: [email protected] Since the first laser accepted by the Food and Drug Administration, specifically for dental practice, the neodymiumyttrium-aluminum-garner (Nd:YAG), major steps forward in science and technology have been applied to imp...

Lasers in Dentistry: A Review

of aluminum oxide, that emitted a deep red-colored beam. After this invention, dental researchers started investigating the various potentials of lasers. In 1965, Stern and Sognnaes reported that a ruby laser could vaporize enamel and had thermal effects on the dental pulp. In 1970’s, researchers began to find the clinical oral soft tissue uses of medical CO2 and neodymiumdoped:yttrium aluminum...

Statement on Lasers in Dentistry

Introduction Applications for and research on lasers in dentistry continues to expand since their introduction to the dental profession. Dental laser systems are cleared for marketing in the United States via the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Premarket Notification [510(k)] process. The primary purpose of this Statement is to provide comments and a science-based perspective on several incr...

Applications of Lasers in Dentistry: A Review

Lasers were introduced into the field of clinical dentistry with the hope of overcoming some of the drawbacks posed by the conventional methods of dental procedures. Since its first experiment for dental application in the 1960s, the use of laser has increased rapidly in the last couple of decades. At present, wide varieties of procedures are carried out using lasers. The aim of this review is ...

Lasers in Conservative Dentistry: An Overview